Spoke-socket



(No Model.)

U. M. HASKINS.

SPOKE "SOCKET. No. 423,474. Patented Mar; 18, 1890.

40 f the felly.

50 or socket 1, the same consisting of acentral sub ITED STATES Y PATENT- OFFICE.

URIAL M. riAsKINs, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPOKE-SOCKET srEcIFIcAmon forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,474, dated March 18,- .1890.

Application filed October 11, 1889- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known-thatl, URIAL M. HASKINS, a

citizen of 'the United States, residing at Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have in vented-a new and useful Spoke-Socket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to spoke-sockets.

The invention has special reference to sock ets adapted for the repairing of worn-out wheels or those in which the tenons of the spokes have become worn, broken, or rotted away and parted from the rim,whereby the wheel is rendered useless.

Among the objects in View are to provide a cheap and simple integrally cast sock'et adapted to embrace the felly of a wheel and to be inserted between it and the end of the spoke to receive the spoke and secure the same rigid with'the rim, and to provide the socket with means formed integral therewith for rigidly connecting said casting with the rim, and that without the employment of ex- "01'31160118 fastenings orsecuring devices.

, With these general objects in view the invention consists in the provision of an embracing-plate so constructed as to be of a substantial U shape in central cross-section,

0 which plate is adapted for receiving the in- 'ner edge or periphery of a folly, and is provided upon its outer surface with a cylindrical recessed boss or socket for receiving the outer end of a spoke and upon its under or 3 5 inner surface with a central slightly wedgeshaped extending boss having'an internal re cess,'and also upon its inner surfaceand near its ends with pointed spurs, the boss and spurs being designed for driving into the wood Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a felly section provided with a spoke constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. 5 Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on the felly.

Like numerals of reference indicate'like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In practicing my invention I form a casting stantially flat body portion 2, provided at its Serial No. 826,684. (No model.)

sides and at a right angle thereto with embrac- I ing flaps or wings 3, and'intermediate its sides and ends, and upon the outer surface of the body 1, I form acentral outwardly-projectin g boss 4, havinga cylindricalsockete'i, the bottom of which is in about the same plane as the outer surface of the body portion'2, said socket being of a size adapted for the reception of the outer end of an ordinary spoke, and the length of the boss from the outer surface of said body portion 2 being slightly over a quarter of an inch, whereby the casting as a whole is especiallyadapted for certain purposes here: inafter apparent. 7

From the inner surface of the casting, intermediate the two wings 3 and projecting from said surface, is formed an integral collar or' boss 6, centrally recessed, as at 7, the end of the recess being preferably in about thesame plane as the inner surface of the body portion 2, said collar 6 being considerably smaller than the socket 4, and having the outer surface of its wall slightly inwardly inclined, as at 8, whereby a sharp annular entering-edge .9 is formed at the end of the collar.

Upon the inner surface of thebody portion 2 and near each end are formed projecting spurs 10, adapted to be driven into the inner edge of the telly and'in conjunction with the collar or boss 6, to retain the socket against displacement laterally.

The operation of my invention will be at once apparent; but to enable the same to be thoroughly understood it will be briefly stated as follows: A wheel, as A, having spokes B and rims G, as shown in Fig. 1, has, from use and by reason of the wearing away and rotting of its spoke B, become parted and useless. WVithout the necessity of any unusual or special tool, and without the necessity of any special skill, the spoke may be slightly strained laterally at a point opposite its socket, and the casting l mounted thereon, so that its flaps 3 embrace the sides of the felly and the inner extending collar 6 registers with and is received by the original spokesooket, which collar is of 'a length slightly greater than the original depth of said socket, whereby the casting may be, by hammer or other tool, driven snugly upon the folly, the

wood of said fell taking within the bore or recess7' -of t1ie eo Tart, and "the spurs '10ef said casting entering the felly at diametrically-opposite points with relation to the collar 6. Now, by springing the telly or'rim slight-1y out, the outer end ofthe spoke B may be entered in "the recess 5 -01: the collar 4, and by a few blows of the hammer upon the rim opposite the spoke said spoke will; become firmly seated in the collar 4, and in this manner the requirement of a new spoke will be obviated and the wheel rendered as strong and as serviceable as before. 7, .I am aware that previoi'is to 'iny'ijnventio n there have been in use spoke-sockets similar to my 0wfn"'that is tosa'y, they embody the may portion the' spok e re'ceivi'ngsocket, and

v theepposite felly embracing flaps. In t s const ctionalso I there was: provided an iii-- te depending perforated boss. The referred to, however, was adapted to v yed in the original construction of: el,* an*d notes my invention, for arenected, useless.

I ing flaps 3 intermediate the same,

*c't Tier-repairing of the saw-error; t be-so used, for Ythen'ason that the sockeu I obviate this-objection byproviding .the'vhrough and through erforation in the boss, through' which water and sand would certainly in time procure access to the socketboss, and thus rot away the end of the spoke and soon render the spoke, even thus conboss referred to was not provided with an Furthermore, the central I outer inclined wall adaptedfor driving into the felly, and its interior bore being screwthreaded was. occupied by a binding-screw and prevented the wood of the felly froi'nentering the bore and serving as a means for -n1ai'ntaining the casting in position.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what Iclaim is- I I The combination,- with t heffelly having' the spoke-tenon opening-and the-ten'onl'ss poke, of the-herei n-desci'ibed socket for e'd i=:n f-a single "casti n'g'and consisting of the l-ated,

having the inwardly-extending fel e la'jrl'y-re'cessed-boss 4, -'lo-n-g er' than 'tl-i-e' t receiving recess of the felly terminating in a beveled 'enter-i -ng edge driven into the bottom of the 'tfldn sfic'kli "of "the felly, "a further consisting of theshallow*spek'e rece1 4, i'nt-o which is sprung-the end-of thespoke, substantially as specified.

In testimony that-I im j the toi e'goi ng as my own I havehereto aitl xed mysigrrature in presence or two witnesses.

URILKL I IA SKIN S.

Witnesses: I y

I ALBERT T. FALVEY, {JAMES iMOTT-RAM. 

